Dempsey Arrives in Afghanistan to Meet With Karzai

The Obama Administration’s efforts to phase out the term “green-on-blue” to refer to Afghan security forces attacking and killing NATO troops comes at an awkward time, as awareness of the problem is soaring, and the number of attacks is hitting record highs.

Once a comparatively rare occurrence, the “green-on-blue” attack today was the ninth such shooting in the past 11 days, and killed another NATO soldier, bringing the toll for the year to 40 slain. It comes as Gen. Martin Dempsey has arrived in the country to press for new efforts to reduce such attacks.

But despite all of the talk of better “screening” there seems to be comparatively little that is being done or indeed can be done. The US has been claiming better screening processes for months now, and the attacks keep getting worse.

Meanwhile, the Taliban seems to have clued into the fact that such attacks are higher profile than the average ambush, and are making more of an effort to insinuate themselves into the Afghan security forces for such strikes. With resentment and mistrust growing at an alarming rate, such attacks seem to be a major problem for occupation forces for the foreseeable future.

I think Obama'll pull out next spring if he gets reelected, but Romney will add pointless but cruelly impactive firepower to the situation, making the occupation virtually permanent. But these attacks embarrass Obama and increase the likelihood of a GOP return to power. Wonder how the Taliban think about that?

Sid

Obombya?

Mr. Nobel Peace Prize War President?

The only way he's pulling out of Afghanistan is, if the U.S. has another major conflict planned and ready. After all what's an empire, a super power, going to do with its massive army if it can't use it to spread "freedom" and "democracy"?

Topolcats

Seems to me if you are an afghan soldier who needs a job and joins the US effort.
But is aware the Taliban might not look kindly at you when they take over?
You might as well shot US forces and run & wait in this way, you cannot be called a traitor when the Taliban take over.

Sid

It's not like the Taliban needed to, they where winning the war anyways. But i think the Taliban have really found the Achilles heel of the U.S./NATO war strategy for Afghanistan with these "green-on-blue" attacks.

Just when the occupation forces were preparing for leaving, with wishful thinking that they have manged to create a local force to keep the Taliban at bay.

ITS OBVIOUS

These people are killing with impunity. Here is video of one such killer described here: shows the soldier returning to a Taliban village in Ghaziabad in Kunar province, with dozens of Taliban men lined up to greet him. The soldier, wearing an Afghan Army uniform, identifies himself as Ghazi Mahmood, or "Warrior Mahmood."http://news.yahoo.com/video-taliban-welcomes-rogu…